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by Ray Bradbury

51,677 members

978 reviews

4

11 Members: edwinbcn, roby72, merrystar, Myyst, sturlington, ncgraham, Dilara86, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Return of the King

by J. R. R. Tolkien

44,539 members

273 reviews

½ 4.5

11 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, Myyst, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda,roby72

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by J. R. R. Tolkien

46,332 members

296 reviews

½ 4.4

11 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, Myyst, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe

19,922 members

423 reviews

3.8

10 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, Dilara86, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

52,289 members

463 reviews

½ 4.4

11 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, Myyst, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda,roby72

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The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

67,571 members

1,061 reviews

3.8

11 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, roby72, merrystar, Myyst, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,cej1027

7

by Günter Grass

7,402 members

91 reviews

4

7 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, ahef1963

8

25,263 members

223 reviews

3.9

9 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

24,195 members

240 reviews

4

9 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

43,899 members

734 reviews

4.1

9 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Magician's Nephew

28,050 members

341 reviews

3.9

9 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Silver Chair

22,798 members

182 reviews

3.9

9 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

by Jack Kerouac

27,246 members

382 reviews

½ 3.6

8 Members: edwinbcn, aulsmith, roby72, mkbird, Myyst, sturlington, thecoroner, Bretzky1

14

Go Tell It on the Mountain

by James Baldwin

5,499 members

109 reviews

3.9

8 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

by John Steinbeck

22,438 members

406 reviews

½ 4.4

8 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, roby72, mkbird, sturlington, ncgraham, thecoroner, alex68

16

by Vladimir Nabokov

30,921 members

547 reviews

4.1

7 Members: edwinbcn, roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda,cej1027

17

The Horse and His Boy

24,328 members

224 reviews

3.9

8 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Last Battle

22,263 members

182 reviews

3.9

8 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

by Samuel Beckett

12,524 members

155 reviews

3.9

8 Members: edwinbcn, roby72, Myyst, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

48,004 members

730 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, norabelle414, roby72, sturlington, fundevogel, thecoroner, ahef1963,ncgraham

21

Memoirs of Hadrian

by Marguerite Yourcenar

5,256 members

122 reviews

4.1

5 Members: roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

22

Our Man in Havana

by Graham Greene

5,170 members

133 reviews

3.9

7 Members: eromsted, roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963

23

The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street

by Naguib Mahfouz

1,126 members

16 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68

24

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury

16,083 members

307 reviews

4

6 Members: merrystar, Myyst, sturlington, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963

25

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

by Flannery O'Connor

3,908 members

95 reviews

4.1

6 Members: roby72, mkbird, sturlington, fundevogel, thecoroner, alex68

26

by Arthur Miller

14,811 members

154 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, norabelle414, Myyst, sturlington, fundevogel, alex68

27

Giovanni's Room

by James Baldwin

5,171 members

117 reviews

4.2

6 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, aulsmith, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

28

The Daughter of Time

by Josephine Tey

5,708 members

224 reviews

3.9

6 Members: inge87, merrystar, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

29

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

11,178 members

139 reviews

4

5 Members: norabelle414, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

30

by Isaac Asimov

14,469 members

259 reviews

4

6 Members: norabelle414, fundevogel, alex68, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

31

2,527 members

41 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1

32

The Recognitions

by William Gaddis

2,118 members

35 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, roby72, thecoroner, alex68

33

The Devil to Pay in the Backlands

by João Guimarães Rosa

913 members

11 reviews

½ 4.5

4 Members: roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68

34

The Once and Future King

14,830 members

196 reviews

4.1

7 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, mkbird, sturlington, fundevogel, alex68, ahef1963,aulsmith

35

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

29,580 members

491 reviews

3.8

6 Members: edwinbcn, sturlington, thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper,ncgraham

36

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

9,010 members

412 reviews

3.9

5 Members: edwinbcn, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Long Goodbye

by Raymond Chandler

5,082 members

111 reviews

4.2

5 Members: merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

38

by Simone de Beauvoir

1,692 members

14 reviews

4.1

4 Members: roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68

39

The Adventures of Augie March

3,736 members

73 reviews

3.9

4 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, alex68

40

by Ralph Ellison

15,717 members

203 reviews

4

4 Members: edwinbcn, roby72, alex68, Bretzky1

41

That Awful Mess on Via Merulana

by Carlo Emilio Gadda

1,142 members

25 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68

42

by Isaac Asimov

19,776 members

367 reviews

4

5 Members: merrystar, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

43

The Quiet American

by Graham Greene

7,807 members

178 reviews

4

4 Members: inge87, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

44

by John Wyndham

4,508 members

114 reviews

3.9

5 Members: edwinbcn, mkbird, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

45

Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories

by Truman Capote

8,082 members

215 reviews

3.8

4 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

46

The Talented Mr. Ripley

by Patricia Highsmith

5,944 members

192 reviews

3.9

5 Members: roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

47

by Boris Pasternak

10,956 members

147 reviews

3.9

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

48

by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

6,324 members

146 reviews

4.1

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

49

Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

by William S. Burroughs

4,106 members

55 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: eromsted, roby72, Myyst, thecoroner

50

Howl and Other Poems

by Allen Ginsberg

5,387 members

67 reviews

4

4 Members: eromsted, Myyst, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

51

by Ivy Compton-Burnett

93 members

1 review

3.1

4 Members: roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68

52

by Pauline Réage

3,547 members

79 reviews

½ 3.3

4 Members: fundevogel, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

53

The Grand Sophy

by Georgette Heyer

2,906 members

130 reviews

4.2

4 Members: inge87, merrystar, alex68, ahef1963

54

Nine Coaches Waiting

by Mary Stewart

1,576 members

43 reviews

4

3 Members: inge87, merrystar, ahef1963

55

by Eugène Ionesco

1,356 members

17 reviews

3.9

4 Members: roby72, Myyst, thecoroner, alex68

56

by Georgette Heyer

2,109 members

93 reviews

4.2

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

57

The Day of the Triffids

by John Wyndham

7,218 members

199 reviews

4

4 Members: edwinbcn, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

58

Childhood's End

by Arthur C. Clarke

9,864 members

220 reviews

3.9

4 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

59

3,061 members

72 reviews

4

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

60

Zazie in the Metro

by Raymond Queneau

1,643 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68

61

2,473 members

29 reviews

3.8

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

62

by John Steinbeck

2,750 members

47 reviews

4

4 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

63

by Vladimir Nabokov

4,119 members

79 reviews

3.9

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

64

Strangers on a Train

by Patricia Highsmith

2,453 members

85 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

65

by J. D. Salinger

11,459 members

110 reviews

4.1

3 Members: eromsted, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

66

Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable

by Samuel Beckett

2,925 members

26 reviews

4.2

2 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn

67

A Murder Is Announced

by Agatha Christie

4,417 members

90 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

68

The Sound of Waves

by Yukio Mishima

1,721 members

40 reviews

3.8

3 Members: inge87, mkbird, alex68

69

Horton Hears a Who!

5,990 members

122 reviews

4.2

4 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

70

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

1,085 members

24 reviews

4

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

71

by Pier Paolo Pasolini

599 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

72

The Mousetrap: A Play

by Agatha Christie

92 members

2 reviews

4.1

3 Members: sturlington, fundevogel, ahef1963

73

A Bear Called Paddington

by Michael Bond

3,927 members

68 reviews

4.1

4 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

74

My Father's Glory

by Marcel Pagnol

831 members

10 reviews

4

3 Members: inge87, mkbird, alex68

75

21,900 members

385 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: edwinbcn, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1,sturlington

76

The End of the Affair

by Graham Greene

6,364 members

167 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

77

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Volume One, Parts I-II)

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

4,973 members

36 reviews

4.1

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

78

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

1,912 members

12 reviews

3.9

3 Members: roby72, Myyst, alex68

79

La lune et les feux

by Cesare Pavese

1,353 members

26 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

80

A Separate Peace

by John Knowles

12,442 members

187 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: eromsted, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

81

by Pär Lagerkvist

1,365 members

24 reviews

3.9

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

82

The Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut

10,086 members

119 reviews

4

3 Members: eromsted, alex68, ahef1963

83

26,517 members

564 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

84

by Alain Robbe-Grillet

598 members

12 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: mkbird, thecoroner, alex68

85

The Dying Earth

1,374 members

35 reviews

3.8

3 Members: mkbird, Myyst, alex68

86

by Flannery O'Connor

3,720 members

112 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

87

The Ugly American

by William J. Lederer

1,266 members

25 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: mkbird, Bretzky1

88

A Time to Keep Silence

by Patrick Leigh Fermor

785 members

30 reviews

4

2 Members: inge87, mkbird

89

Beezus and Ramona

by Beverly Cleary

6,623 members

109 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

90

A Town Like Alice

3,620 members

137 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, alex68, ahef1963

91

A Raisin in the Sun

by Lorraine Hansberry

5,218 members

78 reviews

3.8

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

92

8,021 members

121 reviews

3.9

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

93

The Unknown Ajax

by Georgette Heyer

1,492 members

55 reviews

4

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

94

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

8,586 members

157 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

95

Asterix the Gaul

by René Goscinny

2,416 members

36 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, alex68, ahef1963

96

The Cat in the Hat

19,366 members

515 reviews

4.2

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

97

by Margery Sharp

1,082 members

19 reviews

3.9

2 Members: inge87, ManWithAnAgenda

98

4,757 members

172 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

99

The City and the Stars

by Arthur C. Clarke

2,911 members

55 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

100

Excellent Women

2,641 members

120 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, alex68

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